The news was met with cheers from supporters on two continents. After months of negotiations, cheerleading and pleading their case, Cornell and partner The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology were announced the winner of a bid to build a groundbreaking new campus in New York City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg made the announcement at a Dec. 19 press conference at Weill Cornell Medical College. The "game-changing" applied sciences and technology campus, he said, promises to spur economic growth, job creation and high-tech entrepreneurship.

More from the Chronicle:
• Chuck Feeney's $350 million gift - largest in university history - supports tech campus
• NYC Tech Campus leaders react to Cornell, Technion win
• President Skorton thanks Cornell community for support of tech campus
• Download the special four-page Cornell Chronicle (PDF)

Videos on CornellCast:
• Get a birds-eye view of the proposed campus
• Watch the Dec. 19 press conference
• Presidents Skorton, Lavie interviewed on NY1, Dec. 19
• Skorton, Bloomberg talk tech campus on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Dec. 20